Golf-tee and blank therefor.



i f UNITED' sTATEs PATENT OFFICE:

speciation of Lener Patent.

Amamma sepa s, 19e.

Application led February 24. 1905. Serial No. 247,106.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OseAa R. CoAs'r, a citizen ofthe United States` residingat New "York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Tees and Blanks Therefor; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to improvements in golf-tees and blanks for same.

It is obviously desirable to provide a blank for golf-tees whereby a plurality of tees may be readily carried by the player with the least encumbrance. While I do not claim the broad idea of forming a golf-tee of a flexible material, such as paper, the particular conformation of the tee and the form of blank for same, the elongated attened tube adapted to 'be torn ofi in sections and distended to form the tee, and the arrangement of a plurality of such blanks in a folded strip of detachable sections are new and advantageous.

In describing the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating same. in which the several views are correspondingly lettered, and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the struck-up tee with a ball in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the attened tube. Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof, and Fig. Il is a plan view of the tee in its distended position.

A designates a tee of the preferred construction made of any suitable material, but preferably of a llexible material, such as paper, being an annular tubular member of shallow depth.

In carrying out the idea of providing a plurality of tee members -detachably secured together in the form of a strip folded in a flattened position, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3,

, A designates a plurality ef tee members in their normally collapsed position formed by the attencd tube of paperor other suitable flexible material, the said attened tube being preferably provided' with the transverselydisposed weakened lines A, the said weakened lines being preferably in the nature of a plurality of indentations or perforations.

The tubular blank may be made in any suitl able way; but for the purpose of illustration I have shown in the drawings one longitudinal edge Aa of the strip of material lapped over the other longitudinal edge A* and pasted or otherwise aiixed thereto.

While the flattened tubular blank has been illustrated as disposed in an elongated position, it is obvious that the same may be folded up transversely on the weakened line A', after accordion fashion. It is also obvious that the detachable sections of the iiattened elongated tubular blank may be of various depths, and, indeed, the collapsed tubular blank need not necessarily be initially scored, a section of proper depth being torn off as desired, providing tees of different depths. It is also obvious that a plurality of the individual tee-blanks instead of being detachably secured in a strip may be packaged in a suitable receptacle or containing envelop, wrapper, or box, asthe invention is not necessarily limited to the folded tee-blanks being detachably secured together in strips; but 1 .1. A blank for golf-tees comprising a plurality of detachable :sections formed on a normally dat folded tubular strip of flexible material, each section when detached being adapted to be flexed laterally into a distended position. ,p

`2. A blank for golf-tees comprising a tubular member of flexible material normally folded into a collapsed strip and provided with weakened lines to form detachable sections adapted to be iiexed into a distended position.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses..

'OSCAR 1a.v ooAsT.-

Witnesses: f

v W. S DAY, W'. C. DAY. 

